diff --git a/roles/log-detective-backup/defaults/main.yml b/roles/log-detective-backup/defaults/main.yml
index a263e45a4b..3f08cc35e5 100644
--- a/roles/log-detective-backup/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/log-detective-backup/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-ld_backup_user: copr
+ld_backup_user: log-detective-backups
 ld_backup_path: /var/lib/copr/public_html/log-detective-backups
 ld_backup_script: /usr/bin/log-detective-backup
 ld_dump_url: https://log-detective.com/download
diff --git a/roles/log-detective-backup/tasks/main.yml b/roles/log-detective-backup/tasks/main.yml
index fb72954972..f67856b562 100644
--- a/roles/log-detective-backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/log-detective-backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
-# - name: Add the user 'log-detective-backup'
-#   ansible.builtin.user:
-#     name: "{{ ld_backup_user }}"
-#     comment: User used for backing-up log-detective.com
-#     uid: 15151
-#   tags:
-#     - log_detective_backup
+- name: Add the user 'log-detective-backup'
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ ld_backup_user }}"
+    comment: User used for backing-up log-detective.com
+    uid: 15151
+  tags:
+    - log_detective_backup
 
 - name: create the log-detective.com backup directory
   ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
     state: directory
     owner: "{{ ld_backup_user }}"
     group: "{{ ld_backup_user }}"
-    # public tarball -> public backups
-    mode: '0755'
+    mode: '0700'
   tags:
     - log_detective_backup